DARRYL MONROE NEWS FEED

We're continuing our preseason position reviews. Please, hold your applause until we are finished.Here's how we do this. We provide three evaluative categories: "Great shape," "Good shape" and "We'll see.

Washington States (very) youthful secondary is about to get a lesson in what defensive coordinator Mike Breske calls sweat equity. While some coaches opt to recruit a few junior college players as stop-gaps to fill holes, the Cougars staff believes in throwing youngsters into the fire to see who can play and who cant.

You remember the three-headed monster, right? It's about returning production that will scare -- terrify! --opponents. Or not.On offense, it's elite combinations at quarterback, running back and receiver.

The Pac-12 has announced its players of the week. Utah quarterback Travis Wilson got the offensive honors, Oregon State cornerback Steven Nelson was named defensive player of the week and USC punter Kris Albarado got the special teams honors.

Taking stock of Week 4 in the Pac-12.Team of the week: While the Pac-12 blog has been hard on Stanford for giving up 21 unanswered points to Arizona State in the fourth quarter, the fact remains the Cardinal posted a two-touchdown win over a ranked team.

"College Football Live" and its Summer Tour stops in Oregon today. Sam Ponder and Brock Huard will check in on Mark Helfrich, Marcus Mariota & Co. Catch them throughout the day on "SportsCenter" and on "College Football Live" at 5 p.

Darryl Monroe represents grounds for hope for Washington State, hope that the beleaguered program will trend up in 2013.It's not only that he played well last fall as a redshirt freshman starting at middle linebacker in the Pac-12, which is pretty rare.